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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
A Universal Language.
Philadelphia Call.
For the HOLIDAYS

ii II.
Volapuk, dear inquirer. is the language in
which the train men call out the stations.
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TCOPYRIGHT. 1851. 1
CATARREa IN TIL HEAD.

n consequence of repeated attacks of acute
FTElltAs head it is usually
z 3
EktcEH permanently
their functions either destroyed
on IN the maner above stated it makes its
tive shows itself local manifestation of scroulous
other taintS in the system.
Emf the early disease, patient may
\ ElM III annoyed by "ony a dropping
4 - 3 throat" the of the
HEE;YS charge from the airpassages of the head at this
of only slightly
eszsz health discharge thick,
blowing and splitting, it from the throat which it
thin. irritating
IN
through
nasal obstruction this
by blowing the this n
tIckened The swelling
all
the affected
the patient suffers from headache the portion of the time
the head with confusion of his ideas which render him quite
mental labor Memory may be or less affected and the dis
those otherwise anable
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

A INEXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
"a we'll acquainted with jobbing and retail trades
of Western and Southern States, will be open en-
gagement Jan. /. Can give highest indianapolis ref
erences. Address TRAVELLER, Journal Office
SITUATION WANTED-~AS a BOOK-KEEPER
- tsinge and double entry1 have had fifteen years
experience; best of references: will take position az
salesman IN hardware store thirteen years expert
Journal Office.
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Don't Experiment..

You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first, only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation OF DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, but be sure you get the gen
uine. Because he can make more pro-
fit he may tell you he has something
just as good, or just the same. Don't
be deceived, but insist upon getting DR..
Kings New Discovery, which is guar
anteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free
at f. e. Williams, Jr., ~. Bros. Drug
Store. Large Bottles 81.
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The Man, the Cat and the Rat.

"A man was watching halfgrown
cat chasing a rat not much smaller
than herself "Sic him!" he cried
encouragingly to the kitten. The
rat became bewildered, and, in max
ing dash for liberty, ran up the leg
of the mans trousers, and kitty fol-
lowed suit, but she could not go as
far as the rat could, and with sundry
struggles, accurately recorded by
scratches on the mans legs, she
managed to extricate herself from
her strange predicament, and became
an interested and critical spectator of
the remainder Of the game, which
was confined exclusively to the man
and the rat. 1t is not necessary to
give minute account of the fight
from that point, but it will suffice to
say that, with the aid of friends, an
other was eventually added to the
list of victories achieved by man
over the lower animals. The man is
on exhibition in proof of the truth
of the story, but the rat has Joined
the majority--Neao London Day.
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sursIars' Tools.
HOW THE sHREwD RAscALs MANAGE TO
SECURE NErARIous IMPLEMENTS.

HOW THE sHREwD RAscALs MANAGE TO
SECURE NErARIous IMPLEMENTS
p. j. Jennings, an east side engi-
neer aud machinists, tells an inter-
esting story to the Troy On. Y
Telegram about his dealings with q
burglar. He was sitting in his Of
fee one day few months ago when
two men entered with design they
wanted made of steel. He took the
job and turned it out according to
order. The men came the next day,
and after chatting pleasantly about
matters of popular interest in the
city, paid their bill and went away.
Several other designs were brought
him by the two men and he got to
know them quite well. !. He did not
learn their business, however, but IL
is such a common thing to deal with
men whom one knows only by sight
that Mr.. Jennings never bothered
his head about it.
But he found out who the men
were after all.
One day they called to have him
make half.dozen eight inch steel
screws. He promised them for five
o'clock, but the men did not come.
He did not see them on the next day
or the next. On the third day one
OF Pinkerton's detectives dropped in
upon him in the afternoon carrying
a hand-satchel He opened it and
threw lot of curiously shaped
pieces of steel on the table.
"Were these made in your shop,
Mr.. Jennings ?" casually remarked
the detective.
eyes, that's our work.
e "Who did you make them for?'
''Now you've got me--it's more
than / can tell. / never had any
reason to inquire, and the men didn't
bother about telling me-"
"But you are sure you made that
steel work here"
eyes, oh, yes; Pm sure enough
of that"
Two days later Mr.. Jennings was
subpened by the prosecution as a
witness against two men who had at
temped to crack the safe in bank
in Ellenville, Ulster County. He
met Harlem machinist and an iron
worker from downtown at the court
house in Kingston. Pinkerton 8 men
opened wide their eyes when he took
the pieces of steel that each had
shaped and putting them together,
showed what perfect sectional jim
my they made.
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Liyinu on Gravel.

An extraordinary case, such as il
not recorded in any of the medieas
books, is reported from Union. s. c.,
and the truth of the story is vouched
for by DR.. w. M. Culp, one of the
leading physicians of the town, in
the following written statement:
"0n the night of the 10th of Sep
TENDER, 1887, was called to see q
sick negro boy named Sam Smith,
living about four miles from Union.
The boy that came for me stated
that the sick boy was in a critical
condition, that he had been eating
gravel and was full of it. | was alb
sent with another patient, conse-
quently did not get to see the boy
until the following day. When l
saw him he looked like boy in usu-
al health in the face. He is about
seven years old, OF average intelli
gence for colored boy. After ar
irving at the house the father of the
boy showed me fifty or seventy five
gravel stones that he had extracted
from him. / then extracted from him
forty six gravels Of all shapes, the
largest weighing thirty six grains,
which I now have at my drug store.
The boy has been eating them some
time, as over three hundred have
been extracted from him and five
hundred more passed voluntarily.
His intestines are now full of them.
The next day went to see the boy,
accompanied by Drs. Smith, Posey
and Monroe, of Union, and among us
we extracted forty more gravels, but
had to chloroform the boy. The boy
had some fever, but is otherwise do
ing WE'LL"
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A Mighty Queer Story.

A Russian songstress namedMarie
Fullo has bequeathed 1900 francs
to the Czarowitz. In her will she
refers to this in the following terms:
"This is but restitution. A near
relative of his Imperial Highness
once gave me that sum, and return
it to the one that would have inherit
ed it had l never been born 1t
was accepted and distributed to the
hospitals.
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Paper CHARS.

Smokers will be interested tolnow
that not a thousand miles from Al
bany there is firm which makes
large quantities of paper for this
avowed purpose. The plan OF opsr
alton is said to be this The paper,
on reaching the tobacco warehouse,
is repeatedly soaked in strong de-
coction OF the plant. 1t is then cut
up and pressed in moulds, which
have to each sheet the venation of
the genuine leaf tobacco. So close is
the imitation that expert tobacco
men and habitual smokers have been
deceived. At recent gathering in
this city cigars made from this pa
per tobacco were passed around and
declared excellent. Many OF those
present declared the cigars We're
made from rare branes, and so well
was the imitation carried out that
one man actually insisted that there
could be no mistake about the cigars
being genuine tobacco.-Alb1ny En-
Dfess
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decked on, with bright ribbons.

decked out Win DrlgnJ rlooons. 4
asked the girls which one of them
played it, and they said they got it
for an ornament, and that none OF
them could play on it. So, greatly
to their delight, I got down the ban.
10 and gave them lesson on it,
"Then the banjo is another of your
accomplishments, Porter"
II can pick the strings little,
Mr.. Holbrook-I find il helps in
selling goods. Well, | staid until
eleven O'Clock and when | took my
leave the father and his girls came
to the door with me and politely in
vited me to call again when | came
to town. | didn't see their mother,
L presumed she was dead, but / did
not think it proper to ask. Next
day | went into the mans store
bright and early. He tried to beg
off with taking one case of goods,
but | wouldn't hear it. Take six
or nothing said /, zone case will
help sell another Finally he gave
in and / ran to the telegraph office
and sent you his order
"Porter.v remarked | with as
grave face as | could command as
he finished his narrative. Here is
one caution that. / must give you.
Be careful when you are off on the
road to refrain from intruding upon
another salesman's territory. To do
so makes trouble in the store"
"I'll try and do SO, but l suppose
you want me to sell all the goods |
can, Mr. Holbrook? 7"
"Oh, yes. Let's see, Arthur, what
salary are you drawing?"
"Seventy dollars a month, Mr..
Holbrook."
"And you have been with us how
long? 7"
"Two months on Thursday"
"And you wanted how much when
you came?"
well, l told you thought |
would be worth 81 500 to you.'
"Very good, $1,000 it is, your sal
airy at that figure, dating from the
day you began"
Thank you very much, Mr.. Hol-
brook think l can sell some goods
for you"
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Hunting the Bounding Jack Rabbit.

Concerning the jack rabbit their
seems to be prevailing misconcep-
ton, says Pasadena (Cal) letter
to the Rochester IN. W Herald.
Among unlettered races few have
been more shamefully misrepresent-
ed. He is rot the indiscreet, silly
fellow supposed, and the sportsman
who pursues him on regulation prin-
ciples soon finds it out. Give him a
respectable showing and he soon
convinces you that he is anything
bnt non compos mentis. An animal
that will'run, dodge, walk on tiptoes,
crawl on his belly, skulk, hide, hob
BILE as if wounded, and then, at Sec
ond's notice, shoot like a pencil Of
light across sward and fallow, is no
freshman at the business. The most
improved method of taking this game
seems to be, as in hunting the quail,
son the fly" with shotgun The
moment they appear, even if at con-
siderable distance, is the appointed
time. Once under Roadway they are
lost, and that without remedy.
Shooting from the carriage is con-
trary to all ideas of decorum for
becoming accustomed to the sight of
moving vehicles, they continue to
crop the cabbage leaf, gnaw the sap
ling or stare with indifference, and
thus become an easy prey. The de-
vout sportsman disdains to take any
mean advantage of the unsuspecting
rodent, and no more thinks of firing
upon him on such occasions than he
would think of dunning friend at
an evening party or firing upon a
flag Of truce. Honor bright in all
things as we'll in killing jacks as in
trading mules. But by far the most
exciting as well as exhiliarating mode
of pursuit is that with horse and
greyhound. Mounted on fast-hy-
ing steed and attended by one or
more of these light legged coursers,
the pursuer has about an equal chance
with the pursued.
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i THINK OF THEE.
BY A. CERES FRITscH.


think of thee, my sweet, my own,
When daylight wanes, when night comes
on,
When stars peep brightly, one by one,
And 1 sit with my thoughts alone,
Can forget thee' Meyer!
Though time and fate has severed
Two hearts by nature formed to beat as one;
NV love but grows as years roll on.
I think OF thee, my own, my love,
When the first sun-rays from above
Waken the note of the morning dove
That hides her nest within yon grove.
Can renounce the ever?
My soul to thine forever
Is bound by hottest ties that mock at death,
That break not with fleeting breath
/ think of thee mid winters SHOWS,
i think of thee when crimson glows
The cheek of June's fair child, the rose;
When leaves fall, when spring days close,
Distance and time may sever
My life and thine, still ever,
Shall unto thee my LoUe IN changeless
ferUor cling,
Unalterable and true, whate'er my fate
may bring.
FIJI think of thee whepdeath's cold hand
Shall bear my soul to that fair land
Where heart to heart and hand in hand
In deathless union we may stand.
Can forget thee, dearest?
When ocean waves forget to wash the
shore,
When mothers forget their children; when
DER
Life's pain God will forget His balm to
pour
Then, Love, a0tIt I forget hee'
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Old Mrs. Gordon BENEFITS Shoes
Shoemaker InterUiew in the New Yori
SIM.

Shoemaker InterUiew in the New York
Sun.
Old Mrs. Bennett had remarka
BILE foot. 1t was inches long and
IL inches broad, and was malform
ed, for she had no heel. Her foot
grew smaller toward the back where
the heel should be until it was no
wider than the top Of my thumb.
The first pair of shoes | took home
to her brought about very funny
incident Mrs. Bennett had Ger
man maid, and the maid receiv-
ed me.
"'What have you p she asked.
"'Shoes for Mrs. Bennett / re-
piled.
Glow much are thew
Eleven dollars, | said.
"'0h = she exclaimed, Il can't let
you up stairs with 81 shoes. Mrs.
Bennett won't take them anyway at
that price. You must charge at
least $40 for them. The last SHOE
maker was discharged because he
only charged $50, and Mrs. Bennett
don't believe good pair can be
made for that figure.
After considerable delay / final
ly agreed to charge $25, which was
paid me, and as Mrs. Bennett order
ed from me afterward, Ipresume she
was satisfied"
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CONSUMPTIVES.

undersigned having been re-
$50 health by simple means, after
q Tor several years with severe
ction, and that dread disease
oGpti0n, is anxious to make
K1cgn 70 his fellow sufferers the means
cure TO those who desire 1t, he win
aletrsUiiy send free of charge) a copy
az the prescription used, which they
~ Il lind a sure cure for Consumption,
3 anna, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
s turoat and lung Maladies. lie
AoNes all sufferers viii try bis Remedy,
i. E IS invaluable. Those desiring the
IS, >sniption, which will cost them moth
5ag and may prove blessing, viii
aase address, REV. EDWARD A. VIII
saN, Williamsburg, Kings County.
G9 York.
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" You would be Happy.
Keep your temper.

Keep your temper.
Gain little knowledge every day.
Make few promises, and speak
the truth.
Give full measure and weigh with
just balance.
Consent to common custom, but
not to common folly.
BE cautious Of being i'll, but more
cautious of reporting it.
Have courage to wear your old
clothes until yon can pay for new
ones.
Think of heaven with hearty pur-
pose and strong hope to get there.
Do good to all, that thou mayst
keep thy friends and gain thine enc
mics.
Count your resources; find out
what you are fit Tor, and up wishing
for it.
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A SMART DRUMMER.
HOW HE GOT HIS SALARY DOUBLED WITH
IN TWO MONTHS.

1H other evening, says writer in
" the New York Tribune, l met
Frank Holbrook on the boat. Hol-
brook, although still a young man,is
an old merchant. He was at the
head of Chicago branch of the
house of A. T. Stewart & Co., for a
time, and I got talking to him about
that enterprising class-the drum
mer. He told me this story about
one of them:
l used to fatter myself, Holbrook
began, that | could size up the APP
plicarts for what they were worth,
so as not to offer So, 900 man a 81 :
600 salary, or a 81 900 man 49,
900 salary. But I remember get
ting badly deceived once. A young
fellow came into the Chicago store
and asked for position. He was
a ed.cheeked little fellow, sported
nice mustache with waxed ends,
and wore well fitting clothes. l
looked him over and said to myself
"Here is young chap who can
probably earn enough to pay his
landlady, and have few dollars a
week over for cigars and cologne,
We were short of help just then, and
I made up my mind that | would
offer him $3.50 a year-that being my
idea of his full value. After little
preliminary talk, 1 said to him
"Well, sir, what salary would
you expect-what do you think you
would be worth to us?"
81 want 81 $780," he promptly re-
piled. II think I'd be worth that to
you; Team sell goods Mr.. Holbrook.'
There was something in his man
ner that liked, and earnestness and
directness, but / laughed to myself
at the idea of paying that youth ST.
500. Still | determined to give him
trial if I could get him at about my
own figure. So, after little more
conversation, 1 asked ifhe would be
willing to begin at $40 month. at
will take you some weeks" added
Thoroughly to acquaint yourself
with our stock and way Of doing
business. If you are worth more to
us that fact will not be long in APP
pearing, and if it does appear you
can rest assured that your salary
will be promptly raised"
at co." replied Porter-I call
him Porter, although that wasn't his
name. "When / was leaving st.
Louis / assured the boys as l babe
them goodbye that wasn't coming
back. So 1 intend to stay in Chica-
go. think / can sell goods, Mr..
Holbrook, and hope to bring you the
same opinion. I'll begin at SO a
month"
As have said there was some
thing about the young man that was
prepossessing in spite of his looking
little too much like a dude. So ]
engaged him at $40 month, con-
WINGED that l had about got his
measure. Well, sir, he started in
the next day like steam engine.
lie went through our stock as if he
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Ups and Downs.
press.

Just thirty two years az" rle OF
the merchant princes of Melbourne
entered little grocer's shop on the
Toorak Road and ordered Il box of
candles-nelther gas nor Ntrosene
was used in those dayr. TIE order
cleared the obscquious shopkeeper
out Of his stock, and he insisted On
carrying the box himself 70 the piu-
tocrat's house, a quarter Ola mile
away, To-day that aroeer is Sir
Graham Berry, K. G. M. g., agent
general for Victoria, and that mer
chant prince is glad to do odd
"chores" for crust Of bread and a
glass of ale.
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy OF swifts Specific as q
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood dts
eases. has never had conspicuous illustration
than this case Affords The candid. unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gent,e-
man must be accepted convincing and conclusive.
The writer is prominent citizen or Mississippi The
gentleman to whom Mr.. Martin refers, and to whom
no is indebted for the advice to which no owes his
final relief from years of suffering. is Mr. King. for
House, at Jackson
JACKSON, Miss, April 60 1887.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. Atlanta. Ca.
Gentiemen-I have been invalid pensioncr for
forty years, having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases in the Mexican War; bu not till the LIST OF
March, 1875. did feel any symptoms OF rheumatism
On that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
In both hips and ankles. For twenty days
walked on crutches Then the pain was less violent,
but Il shifted from joint TO joint For weeks would
be totally disabled, either on enc side OF my body
the other. The pain never left me- moment for
eleven years and seven months that Is from March 4
when was cured DURING thee eleven years 81 in.
tense suffering tried innnmerayie Prescriptions
from various physicians, and tried every thing sup
gested BY friends but 4 owes received the lea'a
ternaily, am not aware Of Il. Finally, about Ii
first OF September, made arrangements to go to u
o m2s re Msen an az od
quaintance. Mr.. King, now OF the Lawrence Hous
of this city. He had been great sufferer fror
rheumatism. and as supposed, had been curs
by visit to Hot Springs. But whea met him ho
told me that his visit to the Hot Springs in vain
Tho found no relief On his ret'ifl from Hotsprin9s
he heard. for the first time, q the s. 8 as remedy
for rheumatism. He tried II and FIX bottles fnadeG
complete cure. Several years haye passed since, ut
he has had no return OF The dSefse.
Immediately returned 70 tn IL. In SeptemberI
took four bottles, and by the fiEt cf October
weli-as far as the rheumatism was concerned. All
pain had disappeared and liiAVE NOT fELr rwEsoE
or SINCE.
have no interest IN making thia atatenert other
than tine hope that II may dirtt otner sufferer
20 q sure source of relief ana u has this result
well rewarded for my traiDis. l very
spectfuliy and truly your friend.
J. N. RI. MARTIN.
For sale by all druggists. Treatise ON Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed free.
TUE SWIFT SrEcfFic Co.,
Drawer 2, atlanta. Ga.
July 1883
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Cleanliness in the kitchen is con-
ducive to the comfort Of the house
hold from the head down to the help.